Many times it occurs as if you have done nothing to protect your documents, files, folders, and other sensitive sections and information even after having the updated and installed anti-spyware and anti-virus. You may also have a firewall in perfect condition but still feeling a little unprotected. Do not worry; you can do one more thing to protect your files that is “Encryption”.

In case you have preinstalled Ultimate, Enterprise or Business edition of the Windows Vista on your PC or laptop then you can easily make use of the Encrypting File System in order to make your most substantial documents completely safe and secure.

Here are some steps on how to encrypt files in Windows Vista?

• The initial step is to navigate on to the file or the folder that you want to encrypt for protection purposes.
• Then right click on the file or the folder and select option “Properties”.

• Select the “Advanced” button in order to bring the “Advanced Attributes window”.
• The other step is to select the check box present next to option “Encrypt contents to secure data.”

• Then click on the button OK in order to return to the Properties dialog box and then again select OK button.